De or het pistool?
het pistool
pistol
/pisˈtoːl/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het pistool
- Plural (meervoud)
- de pistolen
- Diminutive
- het pistooltje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het pistool is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de pistolen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het pistooltje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit pistool | deze pistolen |
| that, those | dat pistool | die pistolen |
| which (the … that) | het pistool dat … | de pistolen die … |
| our | ons pistool | onze pistolen |
Meaning in English
- pistol
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